Lenovo’s $50 Price Bump Pits Legion Go S Directly Against Steam Deck OLED

Lenovo’s Legion Go S, the first third-party handheld console to launch with Valve’s SteamOS, is now available for preorder at $549.99—$50 more than its original announced price. Initially announced at CES 2025 as a $499.99 Steam Deck competitor, the device will ship on May 25 via Best Buy, with Lenovo confirming the revised pricing to The Verge.

Originally priced between Valve’s $399 LCD Steam Deck and the $549 OLED model, the Legion Go S now matches the Steam Deck’s price, putting it in direct competition with Valve’s established handheld. Despite this, the Legion Go S offers several advantages over the Steam Deck OLED, including Hall effect joysticks, adjustable triggers, and a variable refresh rate display. Whether these features will persuade customers to choose this third-party SteamOS handheld over Valve’s own remains to be seen.

Lenovo Legion Go S features

The Legion Go S features an 8-inch LCD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1200, a 16:10 aspect ratio, and a 120Hz refresh rate. The screen supports 10-point touch, VRR (variable refresh rate), and covers 97% of the DCI-P3 color gamut. Unlike the original Legion Go, the handles are non-removable. The device weighs 740 grams—lighter than the 854-gram Legion Go.

Buyers can choose between AMD’s Ryzen Z2 Go or Z1 Extreme processors. The device supports up to 32GB of LPDDR5X memory and up to 1TB of PCIe Gen 4 SSD storage, compatible with both 2242 and 2280 form factors. As for software, it comes with Valve’s SteamOS pre-installed. The console is also available in a Windows version. The SteamOS variant will come in purple, while the Windows version will be available in white.

The Legion Go S includes two USB4 ports with DisplayPort 1.4, Power Delivery 3.0, and data transfer speeds up to 40Gbps. Other features include a microSD card slot, 3.5mm audio jack, dual 2W speakers, Bluetooth 5.3, and Wi-Fi 6E.

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(via: The Verge)